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aptronyms

aptronyms is the plural of aptronym.

Meaning of aptronym

Noun

aptronym (plural aptronyms)

  1. A name that is aptly suited to its owner.
    • Speck also turns out to be a shopkeeper whose small-town mentality finds a reflection in his aptronym: "Speck" in German meaning bacon, he is the local butcher concerned with selling his merchandise regardless of its real quality.a. 1993, Danielle Schaub, "Mavis Gallant's Double Illusion", in, 1993, Jean-Michael Lacroix, Simone Vauthier, and Héliane Ventura, editors, Image et Récit, Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, page 82...

Questions about aptronyms

What is aptronyms the plural of?
Aptronyms is the plural of aptronym.

Words near aptronyms in the dictionary

  1. aptotes
  2. aptotic
  3. aptronym
  4. aptronymic
  5. aptronymous
  6. aptronyms
  7. apts
  8. apts.
  9. aPTT
  10. APTU
  11. APTUs

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